DALLAS — Attendance at Food Marketing Institute's first Future Connect leadership development conference is about 1,800, almost the full complement of registrants who had originally planned to attend in May before it was postponed, an FMI spokeswoman told SN.

Hy-Vee, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, leads the pack with 161 attendees, followed by Kroger Co., Cincinnati, with 145 and United Supermarkets, Lubbock, Texas, with 114.

Other large contingents include Supervalu, with 75; Associated Wholesale Grocers of Kansas City, Kan., with 61, Campbell Soup Co., with 54; K-VA-T Food Stores, with 46; Acosta Sales and Marketing, with 45; Hannaford Bros., with 41; Kraft Foods and Publix Super Markets, with 40 each; Wakefern, with 34; and Hershey Co. and Lund Food Holdings, with 26 each.

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